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ArticleEuropean journal of breast health2020

Associated Features with Non-Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients who Have Positive Macrometastatic Sentinel Lymph Node.

Hakan Ataş, Buket Altun Özdemir, Ebru Menekşe, Sabri Özden, Yunus Nadi Yüksek, Gül Dağlar

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Article in European journal of breast health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hakan AtaşClinic of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-4144-417X
Buket Altun ÖzdemirClinic of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-1043-8108
Ebru MenekşeClinic of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-2867-6128
Sabri ÖzdenClinic of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7219-046X
Yunus Nadi YüksekClinic of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-0442-8410
Gül DağlarClinic of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0473-2570
Memorial Ankara Hospital · TRBreast Center · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe main goal of this study is to determine the clinico-pathological factors that correlate non-sentinel lymph nodes (LNs) involvement in clinically node negative breast cancer (BC) patients with positive macrometastatic sentinel lymph node (SLN) in order to derive future evidence to define a subgroup where completion axillary lymph node dissection (cALND) might not be recommended. MATERIALS AND

methodsTotal 289 SLN biopsies were performed in clinically node negative BC patients between March 2014 and April 2017. Seventy patients who performed cALND due to positive macrometastatic SLN were retrospectively selected and classified into two groups, according to non-SLN involvement (NSLNI). Clinico-pathological features of patients were examined computerized and documentary archives.

resultsExtracapsular extension (ECE) of SLN, number of harvested SLNs, metastatic rate of SLNs, absence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and presence of multilocalization were significantly associated with the likelihood of non-SLN involvement after univariate analysis (p<0,05). Absence of DCIS and presence of multilocalization were found to be significant after multivariate analysis.

conclusionCareful examination of clinico-pathological features can help to decide avoiding cALND if enough LNs are removed and the rate of SLN metastases is low, particularly in case DCIS accompanying invasive cancer in patients without multi localized tumour.

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Breast cancerlymphatic metastasissentinel lymph node biopsy

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PMID32656519
PMCPMC7337922
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